Crossword SNITCH

A quantitative guide to the degree of difficulty of the Times Cryptic Crossword
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Reference solvers for August 2016

The following solvers are used as references for the NITCH calculations in this month. The time indicated is their average solving time for error-free puzzles during the prior six months. The solvers average NITCH for each day of week is also shown, with the number of solutions for that day.

RankSolverSolutions usedAverage time MonTueWedThuFri
1 Eylesie 28148 05:31 80 (19) 117 (20) 103 (15) 105 (19) 93 (22)
2 Magoo 35307 05:49 79 (21) 103 (23) 99 (22) 101 (25) 117 (20)
3 mohn 25233 06:34 82 (15) 106 (15) 103 (16) 101 (15) 106 (13)
4 Jason 42740 07:03 81 (22) 106 (22) 101 (23) 96 (22) 113 (22)
5 Lettuceleaf 18164 07:12 87 (9) 84 (7) 85 (13) 129 (10) 107 (13)
6 Eamon Ryan 48031 07:28 94 (26) 98 (23) 102 (22) 102 (24) 103 (22)
7 Bogota Eagle 30288 08:16 86 (15) 105 (14) 99 (16) 105 (12) 104 (14)
8 auchiedollie 42497 08:51 88 (19) 103 (21) 99 (18) 106 (15) 103 (17)
9 aphis99 50968 09:08 85 (20) 108 (22) 103 (20) 101 (23) 100 (18)
10 verlaine 53012 09:30 75 (20) 95 (20) 99 (21) 110 (18) 115 (24)
11 richard 47679 09:55 81 (15) 98 (20) 91 (17) 94 (19) 128 (19)
12 alanconnor 29089 10:32 87 (14) 98 (14) 99 (9) 119 (9) 105 (10)
13 lickert 67047 11:17 83 (24) 108 (21) 100 (21) 100 (22) 108 (21)
14 Tom Stubbs 71261 11:18 88 (24) 91 (23) 100 (22) 95 (24) 126 (22)
15 tonysever 72926 11:34 83 (23) 103 (23) 101 (22) 97 (24) 114 (23)
16 Peter Fowler 67567 12:06 95 (20) 102 (18) 98 (21) 101 (22) 102 (22)
17 Heyesey 54684 12:18 82 (19) 106 (18) 97 (17) 113 (17) 104 (13)
18 Quizimodo 76991 12:34 83 (21) 113 (24) 95 (24) 98 (21) 108 (22)
19 chindit 74985 12:37 83 (22) 99 (21) 98 (21) 102 (24) 117 (21)
20 KenTurner 76009 12:47 96 (21) 100 (25) 101 (20) 102 (21) 99 (22)
21 Silva 73895 12:49 82 (23) 110 (20) 97 (19) 103 (23) 108 (21)
22 Toffer 55632 13:26 83 (16) 96 (14) 108 (18) 96 (16) 113 (15)
23 AlanS 74249 13:27 79 (22) 101 (22) 96 (20) 102 (18) 121 (20)
24 Topical Tim 68544 13:36 77 (23) 98 (18) 103 (16) 106 (18) 119 (19)
25 neilr 72666 13:36 83 (23) 106 (21) 101 (21) 106 (16) 106 (18)
26 mikegrocott 62408 13:52 81 (22) 109 (16) 102 (16) 99 (16) 115 (15)
27 Denis 82509 14:01 89 (22) 98 (22) 96 (21) 103 (23) 114 (20)
28 Stavros 64979 14:03 86 (19) 107 (16) 97 (19) 98 (18) 114 (15)
29 Tibthorpe 77218 14:17 86 (19) 106 (20) 95 (20) 98 (19) 110 (22)
30 mchalen 93004 14:21 83 (25) 102 (24) 95 (24) 99 (21) 119 (24)
31 jjp 51990 14:26 84 (19) 116 (14) 94 (13) 105 (13) 107 (11)
32 aphasic 41466 14:42 83 (13) 105 (13) 101 (11) 102 (13) 117 (7)
33 earlylight 80442 14:43 96 (20) 103 (20) 99 (20) 98 (19) 102 (22)
34 Sue Sweeper 56828 15:02 79 (13) 98 (19) 107 (17) 88 (12) 125 (12)
35 Margaretlarb 48773 15:20 90 (14) 106 (14) 111 (11) 107 (11) 88 (13)
36 AndyOwl 86153 15:36 78 (21) 100 (21) 93 (19) 110 (20) 116 (21)
37 Werm 45530 15:48 77 (14) 109 (10) 84 (12) 119 (14) 117 (8)
38 robinh 81695 16:01 88 (20) 99 (20) 98 (17) 104 (18) 108 (20)
39 sotira 63811 16:06 83 (19) 115 (19) 88 (12) 90 (11) 116 (15)
40 nesbitt 48656 16:13 83 (15) 109 (15) 108 (11) 97 (11) 105 (8)
41 rpb 73188 16:15 83 (19) 110 (18) 105 (16) 90 (16) 112 (16)
42 OliviaRhineb 96056 16:30 77 (23) 103 (22) 101 (22) 101 (21) 119 (19)
43 phthisis 99707 16:37 90 (23) 95 (23) 103 (21) 108 (23) 103 (20)
44 fshephe 94978 17:12 75 (17) 95 (24) 102 (21) 102 (19) 118 (21)
45 subbswamysg 43731 17:21 88 (12) 93 (9) 109 (10) 109 (11) 99 (10)
46 RHB 58450 17:23 77 (13) 106 (14) 95 (16) 108 (13) 117 (10)
47 Bernard S 52779 17:57 91 (9) 102 (13) 103 (11) 102 (15) 95 (11)
48 pterodactyl 58514 18:24 88 (13) 95 (15) 112 (13) 107 (9) 99 (13)
49 andyt 82319 18:32 92 (18) 101 (14) 99 (16) 97 (16) 107 (20)
50 GMcD 105803 18:57 84 (23) 99 (21) 98 (19) 98 (18) 118 (22)
51 Kevin Gregg 50763 19:13 86 (10) 91 (9) 103 (13) 99 (12) 117 (10)
52 David Crooks 109945 19:17 92 (23) 98 (20) 98 (21) 100 (21) 110 (20)
53 reindeer 92881 19:21 88 (16) 97 (17) 90 (18) 111 (20) 108 (19)
54 sampson 80268 19:40 86 (17) 99 (16) 105 (18) 102 (18) 111 (9)
55 John Arnold 47786 19:54 99 (16) 96 (6) 95 (12) 120 (7) 94 (9)
56 peter wild 115459 20:15 77 (23) 105 (19) 98 (20) 99 (21) 119 (22)
57 David P 112965 20:27 84 (20) 100 (21) 92 (18) 108 (24) 113 (19)
58 Zabadak 115986 20:33 80 (20) 105 (22) 104 (19) 100 (23) 109 (20)
59 Ben Ganly 75888 20:44 86 (17) 105 (12) 106 (16) 89 (11) 111 (15)
60 MickinEly2 73057 20:59 101 (10) 97 (18) 102 (12) 94 (14) 106 (14)
61 AnneGinger 92605 21:08 82 (18) 111 (16) 95 (15) 109 (19) 101 (15)
62 trishwain 38413 21:20 89 (9) 110 (7) 92 (7) 110 (8) 100 (9)
63 Groucho 89176 21:32 86 (16) 99 (20) 96 (14) 98 (16) 122 (13)
64 Bobb 91949 21:53 82 (15) 101 (21) 93 (14) 105 (13) 115 (17)
65 PeterMabey 98558 21:54 82 (18) 107 (17) 98 (19) 104 (21) 110 (10)
66 NJeagle 110412 22:10 84 (16) 96 (18) 103 (18) 93 (18) 114 (23)
67 alanjcannon 99973 22:12 80 (19) 103 (21) 103 (14) 101 (15) 115 (16)
68 Helly Welly 85548 22:16 83 (15) 93 (15) 94 (10) 98 (17) 123 (17)
69 Edprof 94133 22:44 79 (14) 99 (17) 100 (14) 96 (16) 118 (18)
70 barracuda 139970 22:52 75 (22) 104 (21) 97 (22) 94 (24) 127 (23)
71 zythum 127323 23:03 80 (21) 93 (21) 108 (18) 98 (20) 119 (22)
72 Big Mick 94740 23:13 86 (18) 102 (14) 95 (13) 97 (17) 118 (16)
73 Bobchapman 74186 23:46 76 (14) 88 (12) 85 (13) 111 (12) 149 (11)
74 frost 74946 24:01 79 (14) 120 (10) 97 (13) 97 (16) 120 (9)
75 Galspray 95210 24:02 71 (14) 91 (9) 82 (20) 109 (18) 143 (15)
76 benedick 97492 24:15 80 (10) 109 (20) 103 (18) 91 (16) 103 (13)
77 Julian West 81719 24:19 71 (14) 105 (13) 94 (16) 111 (13) 129 (10)
78 Solver52 93023 24:36 87 (19) 110 (13) 95 (14) 95 (14) 119 (13)
79 leonora 80308 25:15 78 (14) 102 (12) 94 (11) 101 (15) 128 (11)
80 crosswordian 123789 26:06 80 (17) 103 (21) 100 (19) 106 (16) 109 (16)
81 me_phobete 103141 26:26 79 (16) 98 (14) 93 (11) 101 (15) 120 (19)
82 Jefe 61856 26:26 75 (10) 91 (8) 94 (8) 101 (13) 131 (10)
83 burrowz1b 62060 26:31 85 (7) 101 (13) 96 (7) 111 (10) 97 (12)
84 KarenR 106667 26:32 80 (17) 89 (16) 99 (13) 110 (15) 122 (16)
85 Chadwick 96258 26:44 76 (17) 113 (13) 103 (12) 108 (16) 105 (12)
86 NAPASAI 59904 26:59 81 (10) 116 (7) 92 (8) 100 (13) 114 (9)
87 Son of Smug 72872 28:14 85 (12) 115 (11) 90 (9) 92 (11) 117 (10)
88 stockynige 60533 28:49 76 (10) 108 (8) 92 (9) 122 (9) 105 (9)
89 Prytherch 101159 29:04 92 (9) 100 (12) 104 (12) 96 (17) 104 (18)
90 Moles 66914 29:20 88 (10) 106 (11) 98 (7) 94 (12) 116 (8)
91 rosselliot 66101 29:46 87 (10) 103 (11) 99 (8) 115 (9) 94 (9)
92 anthea 103775 29:49 100 (6) 96 (14) 102 (12) 100 (18) 100 (18)
93 diogenes 84277 29:53 76 (13) 97 (9) 107 (10) 99 (12) 119 (13)
94 oldpalace 81009 30:00 94 (10) 99 (14) 88 (7) 95 (8) 109 (16)
95 Barry Smith 99863 30:15 76 (13) 115 (13) 104 (7) 91 (16) 113 (16)
96 MaxenEH 82005 31:47 79 (10) 103 (10) 113 (12) 97 (13) 104 (8)
97 Ron's mum 78699 31:59 73 (6) 98 (9) 89 (11) 86 (12) 131 (13)
98 Clovis 61922 33:17 77 (10) 95 (7) 73 (9) 121 (6) 142 (9)
99 Big Nug 98100 33:22 81 (6) 99 (12) 81 (14) 95 (14) 132 (13)
100 koro 105528 33:49 82 (9) 107 (12) 83 (11) 107 (14) 107 (16)
101 Jeeves 116202 35:51 76 (11) 110 (10) 91 (11) 97 (15) 116 (17)
102 cassandra 90431 38:38 98 (8) 99 (12) 85 (7) 99 (9) 108 (13)
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